This summer, the American water crisis becomes real
Two high-profile water crises, juiced up by climate change and industrial overuse, are building in the U.S. From a city in Texas staring down a...
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A deadly bacteria is creeping up the US east coast. How worried should we be?
Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio even as scientists are trying to stay one step aheadBailey Magers and Sunil Kumar...
Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out
Property disputes, predatory developers and surging sea levels are putting the historic Black community at riskOn Arthur Champen’s half-acre property in Hilton Head Island, South...
Somalia: Monthly Humanitarian Update for April 2026
Country: Somalia Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. Erratic Gu rains raise concerns that they may...
Plugging Away at the Millions of Derelict Oil and Gas Wells in the US
The Well Done Foundation is remediating abandoned and orphaned fossil fuel wells that pollute water, soils and the atmosphere. But plugging a borehole can be...
Two Years After Completion, Plant Vogtle Still Looms Over the Nuclear Debate
As states consider a new wave of reactors, the fallout of the most expensive power project in U.S. history offers a cautionary tale.By Ryan KrugmanAs...
$370 Million Payout
Go behind the scenes with senior editor Corey Mitchell, reporter Phil McKenna, and data journalist Peter Aldhous as they discuss a new Senate probe over...
Syria: SYR_FSA_2025_Summary of Results Press Conference [EN AR]
Country: Syrian Arab Republic Sources: Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, World Food Programme Please refer to the attached files.
Monthly Market Price Bulletin - Syria | January 2026 — ISSUE 133
Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. HIGHLIGHTS The Central Bank of Syria officially announces the launch of...
Monthly Market Price Bulletin - Syria | February 2026 — ISSUE 134
Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. HIGHLIGHTS The cost of living in February 2026, as measured by...
Scientists stunned as volcano cloud destroys methane in the atmosphere
A colossal underwater volcano in the South Pacific may have revealed a surprising new weapon against climate change. After the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga...
Scientists say a critical Atlantic ocean current is weakening and the world could feel the impact
Scientists have uncovered strong evidence that a major Atlantic Ocean current system tied to global climate is weakening. The slowdown has been detected across a...
Antarctica is melting from below and scientists say it's worse than expected
Scientists have uncovered a hidden Antarctic threat that could accelerate global sea level rise far faster than expected. Deep beneath floating ice shelves, long channels...
After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
Lebanon: Conflict Intensity Snapshot (2 March - 7 May 2026)
Country: Lebanon Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file.
Lebanon: Conflict Intensity Snapshot (2 March - 6 May 2026)
Country: Lebanon Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file.
Lebanon: Flash Update #24 - Escalation of hostilities in Lebanon (as of 7 May 2026)
Country: Lebanon Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. HIGHLIGHTS Renewed displacement orders and airstrikes in Nabatieh...
Dust Decline Amplifies High‐Cloud Ice‐to‐Liquid Transition and Buffers the Radiative Feedback Under Warming
Abstract The response of the cloud phase to global warming is a critical yet poorly constrained component of Earth’s climate sensitivity. While rising temperatures drive...
Case‐Selective Dynamical Downscaling Enables a Tenfold Cost Reduction for Extreme Precipitation Statistics
Abstract High‐resolution climate simulations are essential to study sub‐daily extreme precipitation, yet their computational demands make long‐term large‐ensemble simulations over a large geographical region often...
Heterogeneous Responses of High‐Latitude Forest Productivity to Interannual Climate Variability
Abstract Amplified warming has altered the phenology and structure of high‐latitude forests, yet their carbon uptake responses to environmental variations remain uncertain. Using satellite observations...
In coal country, black lung surges as federal protections stall
Justin Smarsh and his family used to kayak a few times a year on the rivers and creeks near their home in Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania....
'Closing the chapter' on Fema: Trump panel seeks to weaken disaster response amid climate crisis
Council’s plan will leave Federal Emergency Management Agency ill-equipped to respond to extreme weather events, experts saySweeping changes may be in store at the Federal...
New Jersey Leads the Nation in Superfund Sites as EPA Funding Cuts and Staff Reductions Threaten Cleanups
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. says the Trump administration has cut regional staffing serving the state by a third, making progress on Superfund cleanups ‘nearly...
Smog, Lies and Pineapples: How LA Cleaned up Its Air and What's Left to Do
In ‘Smog and Sunshine,’ UCLA’s Ann Carlson tells of the scientists, lawyers, government officials and community members behind the decades-long effort to clear Southern California...
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